Find the slope of y = 1 – x3 at the point where y = 9. c. tan-1(2/3) d. tan-1(3/4) * c. 2 cm2/min * d.

5 cm2/min
a. –11 b. –10
c. –12 * d. –13 If z = xy2, and x changes from 1 to 1.01, and y changes from 2 to Find the equation of the line tangent to y = x2 – 3x – 5 and parallel
1.98, find the approximate change in z. to the line y = 3x – 2.
Find the derivative of y with respect to x if y = xlnx – x. a. –0.0202 b. –0.0303 a. y = 3x – 14 * b. y = 3x – 13
a. 1 b. lnx * c. –0.0404 * d. –0.0505 c. y = 3x – 12 d. y = 3x – 11
c. x d. lnx – 1
If y = ln(tanhx), find dy/dx. A rectangular field is fenced off, an existing wall being used as one
For what value of x will the curve y = x3 – 3x2 + 4 be concave a. 2sech2x b. 2sech2x side. If the area of the field is 7,200 sq. ft, find the least amount of
upward? c. 2csch2x * d. 2coth2x fencing needed.
a. 1 b. 3 a. 250 ft b. 240 ft *
c. 2 * d. 4 Find the approximate surface area of a sphere of radius 5.02 cm. c. 230 ft d. 220 ft
a. 317 sq. cm * b. 315 sq. cm
How fast does the diagonal of a cube increases if each edge of the c. 313 sq. cm d. 311 sq. cm The side of an equilateral triangle is increasing at the rate of 0.50
cube increases at a constant rate of 5 cm/s? cm/s. Find the rate at which its altitude is increasing.
a. 6.7 cm/s b. 7.7 cm/s Find the value of x for which y = x5 – 5x3 – 20x – 2 will have a a. 0.334 cm/s b. 0.443 cm/s
c. 8.7 cm/s * d. 9.7 cm/s maximum point. c. 0.433 cm/s * d. 0.343 cm/s
a. –1 b. –2 *
If f(x) = tanx – x and g(x) = x3, evaluate the limit of f(x)/g(x) as x c. 1 d. 2 At what acute angle does the curve y = 1 – ½x2 cut the x-axis?
approaches zero. a. 34.54° b. 44.64°
a. 0 b. ∞ If y = ln(x2ex), find y”. c. 54.74° * d. 64.84°
c. 3 d. 1/3 * a. –1/x2 b. –2/x2 *
c. –1/x d. –2/x Find the equation of the line with slope –1/2 and tangent to the
Find the derivative of y = xlnx. ellipse x2 + 4y2 = 8.
a. –1/x b. –1/x2 * Find the radius of curvature of y = x3 at the point (1,1). a. x + 2y – 4 = 0 * b. x – 2y + 4 = 0
c. –1/x3 d. –1 a. 3.25 b. 4.26 c. x + 2y + 4 = 0 d. x – 2y – 4 = 0
c. 5.27 * d. 6.28
If xy3 + x3y = 2, find dy/dx at the point (1,1). Find the second derivative (y”) of 4x2 + 9y2 = 36 by implicit
a. 1 b. –1 * Find the point on the curve y = x3 – 3x for which the tangent line is differentiation.
c. 2 d. –2 parallel to the x-axis. a. –16y3/9 b. –16/9y3 *
a. (-1,2) * b. (2,2) c. –9y3/16 d. –9/16y3
The tangent line to the curve y = x3 at the point (1,1) will intersect c. (1,2) d. (0,0)
the x-axis at x = If f(x) = e x – e-x – 2x and g(x) = x – sinx, evaluate the limit of
a. 2/3 * b. 4/3 If y = ½tan2x + lncosx, find y’. f(x)/g(x) as x approaches zero.
c. 1/3 d. 5/3 a. tan3x * b. tanx – sinx a. ∞ b. 0
c. tanx sec2x d. 0 c. 1 d. 2 *
If y = ex + xe + xx, find y’ at x = 1.
a. e + 1 b. e – 1 Find two numbers whose sum is 8 if the product of one number and The volume of a sphere is increasing at the rate of 6 cm3/hr. At
c. 2e + 1 * d. 2e – 1 the cube of the other is a maximum. what rate is its surface area increasing when the radius is 40 cm?
a. 3 and 5 b. 4 and 4 a. 0.30 cm2/hr * b. 0.40 cm2/hr
Find the value for which y = x3 – 3x2 has a minimum value. c. 2 and 6 * d. 1 and 7 c. 0.50 cm2/hr d. 0.60 cm2/hr
a. 1 b. 2 *
c. 0 d. –2 The volume of a cube is increasing at the rate of 5 cm3/min. How Find the point of inflection of y = 4 + 3x – x3.
fast is the surface area increasing when the length of each edge is a. (1,6) b. (0,4) *
Find the angle of intersection between the curves y = x2 and x = y2. 12 cm? c. (-2,4) d. (2,2)
a. tan-1(1/4) b. tan-1(1/3) a. 3 cm2/min b. 4 cm2/min
Find the slope of the tangent to the curve xy2 + √xy = 2 at the If x increases at the rate of 30 cm/s, at what rate is the expression (x Two post 30 m apart are 10 m and 15 m high respectively. A
point (1,1). + 1)2 increasing when x becomes 6 cm? transmission wire passing through the tops of the posts is used to
a. –1/5 b. –2/5 a. 400 cm2/s b. 410 cm2/s brace the posts at a point on level ground between them. How far
c. –3/5 * d. –4/5 c. 420 cm2/s * d. 430 cm2/s from the 10 m post must that point be located in order to use the
least amount of wire?
If y = ½x[sin(lnx) – cos(lnx)], find dy/dx. What is the maximum value of y = 3 sinx + 4 cosx? a. 10 m b. 11 m
a. sin(lnx) * b. cos(lnx) a. 8 b. 7 c. 12 m * d. 13 m
c. –sin(lnx) d. –cos(lnx) c. 6 d. 5 *
The sum two numbers is K. Find the minimum value of the sum of
If x = et and y = 2e-t, find the d2/dx2. Find the maximum point of the curve y = 4 + 3x – x3. their cubes.
a. 4e-t b. 4e-2t a. (-2,6) * b. (0,4) a. K3 b. K3/2
c. 4e-3t * d. 4e-4t c. (1,6) d. (-3,22) c. K3/3 d. K3/4 *

Two corridors 6m and 4m wide respectively, intersect at right Water flows into a cylinder tank at the rate of 20 m3/s. How fast is Find the value of x so that the determinant given below will have a
angles. Find the length of the longest ladder that will go the water surface rising in the tank if the radius of the tank is 2 m? minimum value.
horizontally around the corner. a. 5/pi * b. 6/pi 212
a. 13 m b. 14 m * c. 3/pi d. 4/pi 34x
c. 15 m d. 16 m X31
If (0,4) and (1,6) are critical points of y = a + bx + cx3, find the a. 5 b. 6
If y = 4/(2x – 1)3, find y” at x = 1. value of c. c. 7 * d. 8
a. 190 b. 191 a. 1 b. 2
c. 192 * d. 193 c. –1 * d. –2 A closed right circular cylinder has a surface area of 100 cm2. What
should be its radius in order to provide the largest possible volume?
The side of an equilateral triangle increases at the rate of 2 cm/hr. Let f be a function defined by f(x) = Ax2 + Bx + C with the a. 3.320 cm b. 2.330 cm
At what rate is the area of the triangle changing at the instant when following properties: f(0) = 2, f’(2) = 10 and f”(10) = 4. Find the c. 3.203 cm d. 2.303 cm *
the side is 4 cm? value of B.
a. 3√3 b. 4√3 * a. 1 b. 2 * Using differentials, determine the appropriate increase in the
c. 5√3 d. 6√3 c. 3 d. 4 volume of a sphere if the radius increases from 5 cm to 5.05 cm.

Find the value of x and y which satisfy 2x + 3y = 8 and whose An open box is made by cutting squares of side x inches from four An ellipse has an equation of 9x2 +16y2 =144. Find the length of the
product is a minimum. corners of a sheet of cardboard that is 24 inches by 32 inches and shortest line segment in the first quadrant that can be drawn tangent
a. 1 and 2 b. 3 and 2/3 then folding up the sides. What should x be to maximize the to the ellipse and meeting the coordinate axes.
c. 3/2 and 5/3 d. 2 and 4/3 * volume of the box?
a. 16.3 in b. 15.2 in An ellipse has an equation of 9x2 +16y2 =144. Compute the
If x = 2 sinθ, y = 1 – 4cosθ, then dy/dx is equal to c. 13.8 in d. 14.1 in * maximum area of a rectangle that could be inscribed in the ellipse?
a. 2 cotθ b. 2 tanθ *
c. 2 cscθ d. 2 secθ Three sides of trapezoid are each 8 cm long. How long is the fourth Find the point on the curve y2=8x which is nearest to the external
side when the area of the trapezoid has the largest value? point (4,2).
The upper and lower edges of a picture frame hanging on a wall are a. 14 cm b. 15 cm
8 feet and 2 feet above an observer’s eye level respectively. How c. 16 cm * d. 17 cm In triangle MNO, MN=4.25 cm, NO=9.61 cm and OM=8.62 cm. A
far from the wall must the observer stand in order that the angle rectangle is inscribed in it such that its shorter side is on the 4.25
subtended by the picture is a maximum? A sector with perimeter of 24 cm is to be cut fro a circle. What cm side of the triangle. Find the maximum area of the rectangle.
a. 3.5 ft b. 4 ft * should be the radius of the circle if the area of the sector is to be a
c. 4.5 ft d. 5 ft maximum? A wall 3 m high is 2.44m away from a building. What is the length
a. 6 cm * b. 7 cm in m, of the shortest ladder that can reach the building with one end
c. 5 cm d. 4 cm resting on the ground outside the wall?
A closed cylindrical tank was built with minimum surface area.
Determine the ratio of its altitude to its radius.

If h=65 tan Φ, what is the approximate change in h when Φ changes

from 60° to 60°03’?
She sum of two numbers is 10. Find the numbers such that their
product is to be maximum.
a. 5 𝑎𝑛𝑑 5 b. 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 6
c. 10 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2 d. 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 8

Given the curve 𝑦 2 = 5𝑥 − 1 at point (1, −2), find the equation of

tangent and normal to the curve.
a. 5𝑥 + 4𝑦 + 3 = 0 & 4𝑥 − 5𝑦 − 14 = 0
b. 5𝑥 + 4𝑦 − 3 = 0 & 4𝑥 + 5𝑦 − 14 = 0
c. 5𝑥 − 4𝑦 + 3 = 0 & 4𝑥 + 5𝑦 + 14 = 0
d. 5𝑥 − 4𝑦 − 3 = 0 & 4𝑥 + 5𝑦 − 14 = 0

The volume of a cube is increasing at the rate of 5 𝑐𝑚3 /𝑚𝑖𝑛. How

fast is the surface area increasing when the length of each edge is
12 cm?
a. 3 𝑐𝑚2 /𝑚𝑖𝑛 b. 4 𝑐𝑚2 /𝑚𝑖𝑛
2
c. 2 𝑐𝑚 /𝑚𝑖𝑛 * d. 5 𝑐𝑚2 /𝑚𝑖𝑛
Limit of a function: Find y’ if 𝑦 = arcsinh cot 𝑥 c. (-2,4) d. (2,2)
a. csc 𝑥 b. − csc 𝑥 *
𝑥 2 −16 c. csc 𝑥 cot 𝑥 d. − csc 𝑥 cot 𝑥
Evaluate: lim
𝑥→4 𝑥−4 General Applications:
a. 0 b. 8 * 3
Find the second derivative of y = x(x + 1) , when x = 1
c. 1 d. 16 a. 42 b. 57 Two posts one is 10 m high and the other 15 m high stand 30 m
c. 36 * d. 16 apart. They are to be stayed by transmission wires attached to a
𝑥 3 −2𝑥+9
Evaluate: lim single stake at ground level, the wires running to the top of the
𝑥→∞ 2𝑥 3 −8
a. 0 b. 2 Tangents and Normal to Polynomial Curves: posts. Where should the stake be placed to use the least amount of
c. 1/2 * d. 1/4 wire.
The tangent line to the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 at the point (1,1) will intersect a. 12 𝑚 * b. 14 𝑚
1−cos 𝑥 the x-axis at x = c. 18 𝑚 d. 16 𝑚
Evaluate: lim
𝑥→0 𝑥2 a. 2𝑥 − 𝑦 = −4 * b. −2𝑥 − 𝑦 = 4
a. 0 b. 1/2 * c. 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 4 d. −2𝑥 + 𝑦 = −4 The upper and lower edges of a picture frame hanging on a wall are
c. 2 d. -1/2 8 feet and 2 feet above an observer’s eye level respectively. How
Find the equation of the normal line to the graph of 𝑦 2 = 𝑥 2 + 3at far from the wall must the observer stand in order that the angle
the point (-1, 2) subtended by the picture is a maximum?
Derivative of a function: a. 2/3 * b. 4/3 a. 3.5 ft b. 4 ft *
c. 1/3 d. 5/3 c. 4.5 ft d. 5 ft
1
Differentiate: (𝑥 2 + 2)2
1 Find a point on the curve 𝑥 2 = 2𝑦 which is nearest to a point (4, 1)
(𝑥 2 +1)2 𝑥
a. b. 1 * Minima, Maxima and Point of Inflection: a. (2, 4) b. (4, 2)
2
(𝑥 2 +2)2 c. (2, 2) * d. (2, 3)
2𝑥
c. 1 d. (𝑥 2 + 2)2 Given the curve 𝑦 = 12 − 12𝑥 + 𝑥 3 ,determine the maximum,
(𝑥+2)2 minimum and inflection points. Find the slope of 𝑦 = 1 − 𝑥 3 at the point where y = 9.
a. (−2 , 28 ), ( 2 , −4 ), & ( 0 , 12 ) a. –11 b. –10
Find the derivative of y with respect to x if y = xlnx – x. b. ( 2 , −28 ), ( 2 , 4 ), & ( 0 , 2 ) c. –12 * d. –13
a. 1 b. lnx * c. (−2 , −28 ), (−2 , −4 ), & ( 2 , 12 )
c. x d. lnx – 1 d. (−2 , 28 ), (−2 , 4 ), & ( 1 , 12 ) Find the radius of curvature of 𝑦 = 2𝑥 3 − 𝑥 + 3 at the point (1,1).
a. 10.048 b. 13.048
If y = ln(tanhx), find dy/dx.
Find the value for which 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 – 3𝑥 2 has a minimum value. c. 11.048 * d. 15.048
a. 2sech2x b. 2sech2x
a. 1 b. 2 *
c. 2csch2x * d. 2coth2x
c. 0 d. –2 Time Rates:
Differentiate: 𝑦 = 2 sin 𝑥 cos 𝑥
Find the value of x for which 𝑦 = 𝑥 5 − 5𝑥 3 − 20𝑥 − 2 will have a How fast does the diagonal of a cube increases if each edge of the
a. 2 sin 2𝑥 b. 2 cos 2𝑥 * cube increases at a constant rate of 5 cm/s?
maximum point.
c. − sin 2𝑥 d. − cos 2𝑥 a. –1 b. –2 * a. 6.7 cm/s b. 7.7 cm/s
c. 1 d. 2 c. 8.7 cm/s * d. 9.7 cm/s
Find y’ if 𝑦 = arcsin cos 𝑥
a. −1 * b. −2 Find two numbers whose sum is 8 if the product of one number and Water is flowing into a conical cistern at the rate of 8 𝑚3 /𝑚𝑖𝑛. If
c. cos sin 𝑥 d. − sin cos 𝑥 the cube of the other is a maximum. the height of the inverted cone is12 m and the radius of its circular
a. 3 and 5 b. 4 and 4 opening in 6 m. How fast is the water level rising when the water is
Find y’ if 𝑦 = cosh2 𝑥 − sinh2 𝑥 c. 2 and 6 * d. 1 and 7 4 m depth.
a. 2 cosh 2𝑥 b. 2 sinh 2𝑥 a. 0.74 𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛 b. 0.64 𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛 *
c. 1 d. 0 * Find the point of inflection of 𝑦 = 4 + 3𝑥 − 𝑥 3 . c. 0.54 𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛 d. 0.84 𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛
a. (1,6) b. (0,4) *
Water drains from a hemispherical basin of 20 inches at the rate of
3 𝑖𝑛3 /𝑠. How fast is the water level falling when the depth of water
is 5 inches?
a. 0.04693 in/s b. 0.01273 in/s *
c. 0.09623 in/s d. 0.01732 in/s